Software

Methodology and grading

Methodology

Case studies: Learning through the analysis of actual or simulated cases in order to interpret and resolve them by employing various alternative solution procedures.

Cooperative learning: Develop active learning through cooperative working strategies among students and promote shared responsibility to reach group goals.

Learning agreement: Develop active learning through an agreement between the teacher and the student containing commitments for what will be learned, how monitoring will take place for that learning, the set period of time, and the evaluation criteria.

Lecture: Pass on knowledge and activate cognitive processes in students, encouraging their participation.

Grading

Criteria and methods of evaluation shall be carried out in accordance with two general forms of assessment, to which the student can choose:

Option A. Evaluation with single test: You will pass an examination at the end of the activities of the course, located into the the official schedule of exams. This exam will consist on a mixed composition of short questions, test questions, and practical problems linked to the contents of the course. The minimum required to pass this course is 5 to 10 in this exam.

Option B. Continous evaluation method:

- test of knowledge of theory (40% of the total calification). It will be one or more on-line examination into the e-learning platform used in the master, fixed in specific date/s and time, comprising test questions about the theoretical and practical contents. Minimum necessary for averaging with the portfolio note is 4 to 10.

- Course portfolio (60% of the total calification). This virtual portfolio will include all the activities developed by the student through the course (case studies, short questions, problems and self-evaluation test). Minimum necessary for averaging with the note of the examination of knowledge of theory is 4 to 10.